03443nam 2200577 450 991082127170332120230126212207.01-4422-2895-4(CKB)2670000000546804(EBL)1648847(SSID)ssj0001182179(PQKBManifestationID)11681221(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001182179(PQKBWorkID)11147729(PQKB)10310952(MiAaPQ)EBC1648847(Au-PeEL)EBL1648847(CaPaEBR)ebr10852634(CaONFJC)MIL582508(OCoLC)874097415(EXLCZ)99267000000054680420140405h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBecoming American why immigration is good for our nation's future /Fariborz GhadarLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2014.©20141 online resource (219 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-2894-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Beyond the Numbers; Chapter 2. Debunking the Myths; Chapter 3. How Did I Get Here?; Chapter 4. What It Takes to Uproot Yourself; Chapter 5. How Did She Get Here: Margaret Ghadar; Chapter 6. Why Do They Come?; Chapter 7. How Did He Get Here: Zbigniew Brzezinski; Chapter 8. Hard Work Makes for a Successful Career; Chapter 9. How Did He Get Here: Salomon Garay; Chapter 10. Paying It Forward to the U.S. Economy; Chapter 11. How Did He Get Here: Yoon-shik Park; Chapter 12. The Bimodal Nature of Immigrants; Chapter 13. The Lure of ClustersChapter 14. A Day in the LifeChapter 15. Prejudice Exists, But So What?; Chapter 16. Sticking to Your Own May Work, But It's Not Easy; Chapter 17. Assimilation Is Critical; Chapter 18. Next Generation, and the Next, and the Next; Chapter 19. How Did She Get Here: Otessa Ghadar; Chapter 20. Old Country Is Old; Chapter 21. How Did He Get Here: Michel Amsalem; Chapter 22. Can You Go Home Again?; Chapter 23. Lessons for the Next Generation; Chapter 24. Blueprints for Policymakers; Chapter 25. Would I Do It Again?; References; Index; About the AuthorFor policy makers, business leaders, and American citizens, immigration reform is one of the defining issues of this era. In turns both personal and analytical, remaining factual and well-argued throughout, Fariborz Ghadar's Becoming American makes the case for common sense immigration policies and practices that will not only help strengthen America's fledgling economy and role as world leader, but will also help millions of prospective immigrants and their families start making more out of their lives today, and for generatioImmigrantsGovernment policyUnited StatesUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationGovernment policyUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationEconomic aspectsUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsImmigrantsGovernment policy325.73Ghadar Fariborz676473MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821271703321Becoming American4091806UNINA02332oam 2200553zu 450 991087681290332120210807004408.00-470-33971-3(CKB)3400000000000252(SSID)ssj0000506304(PQKBManifestationID)11303558(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000506304(PQKBWorkID)10515768(PQKB)10799986(EXLCZ)99340000000000025220160829d2008 uy engtxtccrAdvanced processing and manufacturing technologies for structural and multifunctional materials : a collection of papers presented at the 31st International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 21-26, 2007, Daytona Beach, Florida[Place of publication not identified]Wiley Interscience2008Ceramic engineering and science proceedings Advanced processing and manufacturing technologies for structural and multifunctional materials Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-470-19638-6 Ceramic materialsCongressesComposite materialsCongressesChemical & Materials EngineeringHILCCEngineering & Applied SciencesHILCCChemical EngineeringHILCCMaterials ScienceHILCCCeramic materialsComposite materialsChemical & Materials EngineeringEngineering & Applied SciencesChemical EngineeringMaterials Science620.1/4Singh MOhji TZhu DongmingSalem J. AAmerican Ceramic Society, Inc.International Symposium on Advanced Processing and Manufacturing Technologies for Structural and Multifunctional Materials and SystemsPQKBBOOK9910876812903321Advanced processing and manufacturing technologies for structural and multifunctional materials : a collection of papers presented at the 31st International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 21-26, 2007, Daytona Beach, Florida4204559UNINA